9 Successful Ways to Become an Inspiring PMO

Majority of the organizations
dissolve their PMO after that portfolio of projects is complete. They fail to
notice the benefits they earned by establishing the team. In this article at
PMWorld 360, Jan Schiller discusses 9 successful ways to become an inspiring
PMO.

How to Become a PMO Role Model

Success can establish belief as
well as your credibility in the business world. After all, success is the only attribute
that organizations are running after these days. Following are the 9 successful
ways to become an inspiring PMO:

Be a Proactive Listener and Mentor:
Throwing more policies on existing ones can add to the misery of project
managers. Irrespective of who is new in their role, the PMO must hear out the
concerns of the dependents.

Set Your Goals: Define
the services your PMO would want to deliver and share the list with all
stakeholders. Unless they know what they can expect from your team, they might
refuse to follow your best practices.

Learn to Adjust:
Though a PMO is an authoritative body in an organization, times are changing.
Instead of maintaining the age-old stoic practices or tools, deploy advanced
tools and processes.

Handhold While Guiding If Necessary:
In order to reinforce the new practices, mentor and coach the project managers.
Be available for them to remove doubts and concerns.

Have Patience: You
might have got wholehearted support from senior as well as project managers.
However, to maintain consistency, encourage the early adopters and others will
follow suit.

Build a Bond of Trust:
Be transparent with your stakeholders. They might resent your challenges to
their policies, but they will appreciate your farsightedness later. This will
further strengthen the trust and credibility of the PMO team.

Avoid Auditing During Initial Stages:
Do not start criticizing at the early stages. Human race resists anything new
as it is. If you force it down on them, they will revolt. Instead of direct
confrontations, note those down and bring up one point at a time during
meetings.

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